盘点2023年美国消费电子展四大热点******
新华社美国拉斯维加斯1月8日电 综述:盘点2023年美国消费电子展四大热点
新华社记者谭晶晶 黄恒 兴越
2023年美国拉斯维加斯消费电子展8日落下帷幕。作为全球最大的消费技术产业盛会之一,拉斯维加斯消费电子展被看作国际消费电子领域的“风向标”,各种新科技、新应用为电子消费市场发展指明方向。
此次展会上,汽车科技、数字医疗、人工智能、清洁能源等领域创新技术和产品成为关注热点。
汽车科技打造沉浸式驾车体验
与往年一样,汽车科技是展会当仁不让的主角。据展会主办方美国消费技术协会介绍,今年汽车版块的参展规模为历年最大,拉斯维加斯会展中心西馆聚集了近300家汽车相关行业参展商。
多家企业发布最新款电动车,人工智能、自动驾驶等创新技术的应用进一步提升车内娱乐交互功能,打造沉浸式驾车体验。随着汽车智能化、网联化趋势,科技公司纷纷涉足汽车领域,跨界造车。
美国高通公司推出外观颇具未来感的全新概念车,展现其骁龙数字底盘解决方案如何集成不同公司的技术,提供高度个性化体验,包括沉浸式信息娱乐、辅助驾驶以及更强的安全性。宝马公司推出“数字情感交互概念车”,拥有车外人机情感交互模块,能够识别驾驶者身份、位置等信息,通过语言和表情与人进行交流,打造个性化欢迎场景。
智能化和远程化成数字医疗趋势
受新冠疫情影响,数字医疗是本届展会的一大热点,智能化和远程化成为主要趋势。众多数字健康产品亮相展会:内置心电图仪的手表、能追踪位置和健康数据的智能鞋垫、可实时监测脑血肿的背心、安装在马桶上的尿检设备、治疗打鼾的枕头……
参展企业展示了数字诊疗、心理健康、女性健康、远程医疗等方面的最新进展。今年展会还专门设置数字健康演播室,邀请医疗行业代表、健康领域专家分享最新诊疗技术,聚焦远程诊疗重要性和前景。
行业分析人士表示,各种创新可穿戴设备有助于更准确地对病人进行监测和治疗,并采取相应的风险防范措施,数字医疗前景广阔。
人工智能新应用“遍地开花”
今年展会上,人工智能新应用“遍地开花”,几乎可在各类产品中找到人工智能元素:机器人、可穿戴设备、自动驾驶、虚拟现实和增强现实眼镜、智能厨房……
“以往展会上,虚拟现实和增强现实设备一般是在展商展台的边缘位置,现在逐渐占据最显眼的区域,排队体验的人也越来越多,这体现了人工智能的核心地位和发展趋势。”来自以色列特拉维夫的观展者塔米尔·贝利纳对新华社记者说。
拉斯维加斯消费电子展已成为机器人的最佳秀场,各式各样机器人外型更逼真、功能更细分:儿童博物馆“讲解员”、智能割草“小帮手”、孤独症儿童的“陪伴狗”、可全自主规划路径的“快递员”、餐厅“引领员”……
中国清洁能源解决方案引关注
清洁能源产品和应用也是本届展会的热点之一。中国已成为推动全球清洁能源发展的重要力量,中国企业的创新太阳能发电产品和绿色电源解决方案吸引众多展商和媒体目光。
其中,华宝新能源股份有限公司旗下光充户外电源品牌Jackery电小二展示了最新光充户外电源产品及磁吸可折叠太阳能电池板,在光电转化、安全性能和智能互联等方面取得突破。
正浩创新科技股份有限公司展示了整屋备电解决方案以及户外移动空调、冰箱、自动割草机等太阳能产品。沃太能源携太阳能板、移动储能设备等首次参展,计划进一步拓展海外市场,其储能设备外观小巧,兼具LED照明和无线充电等功能。
来自美国加利福尼亚州的观展者布赖恩·贝克告诉新华社记者,美国西部经常发生山火、地震、泥石流等自然灾害,高效户外电源可帮助很多家庭度过停电危机,对于户外爱好者也是“刚需”,“中国制造的移动充电设备和整屋备电方案性能高、安全性好、性价比高”。
中新网评:美国众议长选举“连续剧”暴露美式民主痼疾******
中新网北京1月9日电(蒋鲤)在15轮投票表决后,美国众议院议长选举这场“连续剧”终于落下帷幕,众议院共和党领袖凯文·麦卡锡最终成功当选第55任美国众议院议长。这是美国国会过去164年来耗时最久的一次议长选举记录,将美国“对抗式民主”的弊端暴露无遗。
资料图:美国众议院共和党领袖麦卡锡。中新社记者 沙晗汀摄
由于两党对立加剧、党派内斗、利益分配不均等因素,众议长选举陷入一场拉锯战。在此次众议长竞选中,美国民主党议员继续抱团,多轮投票中,一票不投麦卡锡,共和党右翼“强硬派”领头的约20人小团体也拒绝投票麦卡锡。
麦卡锡的当选之路一波三折,除了本人的“政治投机派”角色在国会不受欢迎外,与共和党内部政治分歧关系密切。
一方面,共和党党内反对者认为,麦卡锡对民主党态度过于软弱,无力对抗民主党控制的参议院和拜登政府,另一方面,因为共和党的多数优势微弱,党内一些影响力较小的派系的政治力量则被放大,有利于他们巩固自己的选票。
此外,党内反对者也认为,自己的选票没有换取更多利益,希望以此作为筹码换取麦卡锡更大的让步,比如让他们获得众议院重要委员会中的职务。
作为仅次于美国总统、副总统的政坛三号人物,众议院议长通常由众议院多数党领袖担任,选举几乎没有悬念。然而,麦卡锡此次为当选,不得不做出多个关键让步,其中可能包括恢复一项罢黜议长动议机制,使得众议长的权力被削弱,难以掌控众议院。
美国有线电视新闻网CNN称,麦卡锡在这场不合时宜的政治勒索中作出让步,这种绥靖政策只会让极端主义势力更加强大。
这场引发全世界围观的尴尬选举暴露出美国政治存在严重的对立和分化。在权力博弈思维的裹挟下,党派利益凌驾于国家和人民利益之上,美国两党相互拆台,陷入“为反对而反对”的无脑对垒。而即便是一党内,也会因为利益分配问题产生不同的小派系,相互对抗,选票变成了谋利益的工具。
从国会山骚乱到打破记历史记录的15轮众议长选举,“对抗式民主”让美国政治陷入瓶颈,长期对抗势必会让政客们丧失客观公正的判断能力,其政治阶层是否有能力治理国家也会引发质疑。
两党之争和党派内斗进一步放大了美国政治体制弊病,美国所谓的“民主”形象,让全世界大跌眼镜。鼓吹以选民利益为先的美式选举,变成了政客们利益置换的游戏,进一步彰显出美国“民主政治”日渐失能,不断极化的党争已使美国政治制度陷入死循环。
House speaker election reveals deep-rooted problems in U.S. democracy
(ECNS) -- The Republican leader Kevin McCarthy was elected as the 55th speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives after 15 ballots. As the most grueling House speaker election in the past 164 years, the election has highlighted the defects of the country’s "confrontational democracy".
The election once reached a stalemate due to intense partisan strife, inner-party struggle among the Republicans, uneven distribution of interests, and more. Democratic Party members forged a close alliance, refusing to vote for McCarthy, while about 20 Republicans also declined to cast ballots for the GOP leader.
Except for his unpopular role as a "political speculator" in Congress, McCarthy’s hard-won election can be attributed to turmoil within the Republican Party.
On the one hand, opponents in the Republican Party believe that the GOP leader's attitude toward the Democrats is too weak to confront the Senate controlled by Democrats and the Biden administration.
On the other hand, the political power of some less influential factions in the Republican Party has been amplified due to the Party’s weak majority advantage in the House of Representatives, which is conducive to consolidating their ticket warehouses.
Meanwhile, these opponents believe that their votes failed to win them more benefits, hoping to use this as a bargaining chip for McCarthy's further concessions, such as getting them positions in important House Committees.
As the third political figure after the President and Vice President of the U.S., the speaker, by tradition, is the head of the majority party in the House of Representatives.
But McCarthy has made many concessions in order to bring the ultra conservatives along, involving what’s known as the “motion to vacate,” a mechanism by which members can force a vote to depose the speaker. The reported concessions will empower individual members at the expense of McCarthy’s sway as speaker.
CNN thought the concessions he made during this unseemly political shakedown would only make the extremist faction more powerful.
This embarrassing election, which has drawn global attention, exposed the serious opposition and polarization in American politics. Both Democrats and Republicans put their interests before that of the country and its people, attacking and opposing each other irrationally.
Besides, different factions arise within a single party and confront each other because of the distribution of interests. Votes have become a tool to win more benefits.
From Capitol riots to the House Speaker election with record-breaking ballots, "confrontational democracy" has become a bottleneck of American politics. Long-term confrontation will surely impede politicians to think objectively and fairly while their capacity of governing the country will also raise doubts among the public.
Both parties’ struggle and infighting among the Republicans have further amplified the defects of the American political system, with its "democratic" image shocking the world.
The U.S.-style election, which advocates putting voters' interests first, has become a game of interest exchange among politicians. In addition, it further demonstrates the malfunction of American "democratic politics" and the constantly polarized party struggle that has trapped the American political system into an infinite cycle.